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ROOF. 4 No. 384,961. Patented June 261888.

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REUBEN J AS. CLAFLIN, OELIDGERWOOD, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,961, dated June 26,1888. Application tiled March 24, 1888. Serial No. 268,427. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUEEN J AMEs CLAE- LIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America,

residing at Lidgerwood, in the county of Rieh-` vent the dangerouscollectionof snow and iceV in unbroken sheets or layers peculiar to thepresent construction; and, fourth, to prolong the life of the buildingby permitting a facile renewal of the ridge-pole and rafters withoutdisturbing the roof-covering of the buildings constructed according tomy principles. I attain these purposes by the means illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l represents a side elevationof a building constructed according to my inven tion, and Fig. 2 is acentral transverse section thereof.

It has been a cardinal characteristic of buildings immemorially that therafters and ridgepole should be below, and thus support theroof-covering. This construction necessarily involves the production ofinaccessible reservoirs for the accumulation of dust, dirt, cobwebs,Stc., which in the event of a contlagration materially assist theascending dames in their destructive action.

My invention contemplates a principle exactly the reverse of that justdescribed; and it consists in disposing the ridge-pole and rafters overthe roofcovering and securing the said roof-covering thereto from thebottom.

The projecting rafters and pole are provided with a metallic covering,which, absorbing the ascending heat always contained in buildings,maintains the roof in an equable temperature averse to the accumulationof snow or ice, and in any event preventing the unbroken layers orsheets thereof incident to the present Inode t of construction.

A represents a suitable building having joists G H, a door7 I, andwindows J. The ridge-pole K serves as a dividing-line both for therafters E and the rooting material B,whose inner surface is designated Fin Fig. 2. After the ridge-pole has been secured in place the` rafters Eare suitably connected thereto, provided with 'a metallic covering, C,heldthereon by tacks D. The rooting material B is then nailed to therafters from the inside, instead of from the outside, as nowpracticed,whereby the rafters are superposed over the roof, thus accomplishing allthe objects and purposes specified in the beginning of the description.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

In the construction of buildings, the method herein described, whichconsists in raising the walls to the desired altitude, then superposingupon them a suitable ridge-pole and joists having preferably a metalliccovering, and iinally attaching the roof-covering under the saidridge-pole and joists, for the purpose set forth.

ln testimony whereofl affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

REUBEN JAS. CLAFLIN.

XVitnesscs:

GEORGE A'. FRASER, JOHN B. WAGNER.

